I usually recommend that all components that you can assign reasonable KeyPaths to where the rest of the component "lives" in the same profile (per-machine vs. per-user), where the compiler accepts it, and where you haven't already released that component into the wild use automatic guids (aka "*").
The only "gotcha" I can think of involves some directory tree restructuring using "blank" directory levels and/or merges with other directory names ... -----Original Message----- From: SimonKnight6600 [mailto:simonschwei...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 11:30 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RegistryKey doesn't get removed, WiX/MSI bug? Hi! Thanks, that did the job ;). I've had the registry key in it's own component, but moved it while looking into problem. Setting the guid to * fixed the problem. Now I'm just not sure wheter I should set all my component's guids to *... -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/RegistryKey-do esn-t-get-removed-WiX-MSI-bug-tp5329658p5336811.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users